2.5GB bigfoot drives on dovebid

[Jules Richardson]

Chuck Guzis wrote:
> The local computer recycler is selling 3.5" tested-and-scrubbed 4GB 
> SCSI or IDE (take your pick), drives for a buck each; 6GB ones are 
> two bucks.  Smaller ones are name-a-price.  They've got boxes and 
> boxes of the things.

I suspect you're lucky, there. The local place here won't sell anything that 
hasn't been wiped and tested either, which means it just isn't worth their 
while for anything under 30GB as the demand's too low to justify the time taken.

The lower-capacity drives go straight to the crusher, no questions asked (same 
with entire classic machines, sadly). I suspect that's typical of most 
recycling places, as even if they're prepared to sell drives "as seen", 
they're still pretty much obliged to wipe any data off them if they want to 
keep their bigger "suppliers" happy.

(30GB IDE drives are a tenner, and 36GB SCSI drives are either 15 or 20 pounds 
I think - which is probably a pretty reasonable for a soak-tested used drive)

To Jim: drop an email to a few local companies that are likely to make use of 
recycling facilities; some of them will probably be friendly enough to let you 
know who they use.

cheers

Jules